From Fire and Fear to Ashes and Recovery: Maps of the Lake, Mendocino, Napa, and Sonoma Fires

A burned car sits by the wreckage of a burned building yesterday in the Mendocino Fire. [Photo by Lynn Harrington]

One week after the sun rose on neighborhoods filled with fire where 40 people lost their lives, light spreads over a much calmer California. Over the weekend, firefighters quenched the flames in a number of areas and many of the 100,000 evacuees from this week have been allowed to return–some to home, some to piles of toxic ashes.

The Sulphur Fire is 85% contained and firefighters are mostly doing mop-up now.

Since yesterday there has been very little growth on the Redwood Valley Fire–and that all occurred towards the northeast corner of the fire. It is at roughly 35,800 acres and is 50% contained. The area near the Van Arsdale Reservoir has the hottest fires, according to the maps that came out of last night’s flight. At this point, only 75 structures are considered threatened which is down considerably from the 1000 threatened on Friday.

The weather is still not on the firefighters’ side for the next few days. It is predicted to be dry and warm with light winds. However, there will be increasing moisture on Wednesday with a 30% chance of rain on Thursday.

MAPS of the Wine Country Fires:

Below are the most recent maps available as of 8 a.m. Monday morning. Click on the thumbnail images of each map to be taken to a pdf. Usually, in the lower right-hand corner of each expanded map, you can see the time and date that the information to create each map was collected.

Help for those affected by the fires:

More Information on the October Fires–from the earliest story at the top to the most recent at the bottom: Note: the link list was getting too long so we’ve eliminated the earliest stories. However, click on one of the early links below to see a list of stories from the beginning of the fires.

40,000 people are still in evacuation mode. It’s not by any means over yet. The evacuation centers all seem to be set for donations of clothes food medicines etc. but financial donations are crucial to help people rebuild their lives. Redwood Community bank is accepting money that will be distributed where it is needed. Gofundme and Youcaring are both sites where you can help individuals. There are some scams, so try to verify the validity of these requests.